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“If you are out of champagne, and need something wonderful to go with your two remaining pot de creme, Vanilla Comoro will do the trick! Mmmm! So good with classic desserts. I am making a new rule –...”
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“Today was a dreadful, hard, very full day. I bumbled around at work, a million people called, all the hard clients had questions, and I felt generally useless. And I got stabbed in the neck in...”
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“It’s gone. I just drank the last bag. :|
I needed it though. I’m grumpy and stressed out and I just want to relax and I’ve got half an hour to do it. So… fuck it. Vanilla Comoro time!”
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“This is a bit of a revelation. I still have half a pound of this from my hasty mega-purchase a few years ago. I constantly give it away, but it reproduces like gremlins.
Knowing its tendency to...”
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From Harney & Sons

So toothsome, so confoundingly delicious, Vanilla Comoro Tea radiates a softly sweet aroma and has a rich malty, yet light-bodied character. Vanilla notes swirl in each sip of this tasty decaffeinated black tea enhanced by creamy vanilla from Comoros Islands. It is a revelation of sweetness and silkiness, truly a wonder of a tea for the sweettoothed or calorie-counting tea drinker. Please note, this is a Decaffeinated Tea.

Decaf Vanilla Tea! Now you can enjoy our popular dessert tea to your heart’s content, and still get a good night’s sleep.

This tea has all the wonderful sweet flavors of Vanilla but almost no caffeine.

Since 1983 Harney & Sons has been the source for fine teas. We travel the globe to find the best teas and accept only the exceptional. We put our years of experience to work to bring you the best Single-Estate teas, and blends beyond compare.

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If you are out of champagne, and need something wonderful to go with your two remaining pot de creme, Vanilla Comoro will do the trick! Mmmm! So good with classic desserts. I am making a new rule – when I give a dinner party I’m making a big pot of this just like I make a big pot of coffee, and the guests can choose what they want. I have firmly gone over to the TEA side of things since being introduced to Vanilla Comoro. :)

Also – I got my grade for this semester!!

A

!!!!!!

I’m so pleased because this class was HARD and SO outside my comfort zone. We took our final on the last day, then submitted our final project via the internet, so that was 45% of my grade that I had no idea how I did on, and I’ve been on pins and needles!!! I feel like a huge weight has lifted from my shoulders. I’m SUPER excited about my class next semester – The Literature of Childhood. It’s wrong that I hope I get loads of Homework and have to write 10 papers, right?

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Don’t know about the papers, but does this mean you’ll get to revisit Little House on the Prairie and Trixie Belden and Little Women and all the books I mangled from multiple readings from 3-6th grade? :)

The professor hasn’t posted this semester’s book list yet, but previous classes (yes, Im such a nerd I checked) have included Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl, Oscar Wilde (his telling of fairy tales!!), the 3rd Harry Potter Book, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry… all authors that I love and read as an adult on my own! I was joking with my coworkers that I would pay double to take this class :)

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Today was a dreadful, hard, very full day. I bumbled around at work, a million people called, all the hard clients had questions, and I felt generally useless. And I got stabbed in the neck in fencing tonight. Its not dangerous, but you do feel it. Hopefully no bruises come the morning.
Gah. Dreadful. I am spending the evening curled up in a little ball with a book and tea. And this is my poison.
Help me, vanilla.
Here is tomorrow being a better day!

Hahaha. Yeah I know ALLABOUT retail therapy! I guess I might need to figure out where to get nice dresses or something because I’ll need a new job in Toronto and I probably won’t be able to get away with jeans and a tee shirt anymore. :| But stressing about work, means shopping for work clothes to help relieve the stress!

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This is a bit of a revelation. I still have half a pound of this from my hasty mega-purchase a few years ago. I constantly give it away, but it reproduces like gremlins.

Knowing its tendency to become a bit bitter and dry, I steeped it quick (about 2.5 minutes) and added a small splash of milk and a bit of honey. This brings it back to sweet, creamy, vanilla. Not my favourite and I definitely regret buying so much but this will make it really easy to drink some more at work. No re-steeping, dear heaven.

I find it makes a difference. Sometimes you need a bit more leaf to make up for the loss in time. Another option is to use water that has cooled for a minute or so. I think it is the decaf tea that lends the unpleasant bitter/dry aspect and these tricks help defeat it.

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The only tea that I could think of tonight was Vanilla Comoro. I finally drank enough out of my very firmly packed pound bag to be able to shake up the leaves a bit. I was looking for the mysterious specks that JacquelineM has been raving about. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure what she was talking about, until I saw the specks!! I made sure to include a good amount of specks in my measuring spoon and I was rewarded handsomely for my efforts. The tea seems to have even more vanilla and is even richer than before. The specks really do make a big difference – I would never have guessed that!

There is just so much vanilla in this tonight! I even added a small amount of my favorite dark chocolate creamer for fun – fully expecting the chocolate to take over. However, the vanilla is definitely overpowering the chocolate! I am in vanilla heaven! Okay, I need to attend to this delicious pot of tea now!

OK, I’m going to have to investigate this further. I don’t believe I’ve ever read a review of this that isn’t a rave. A friend tucked a tin of the decaf version into a gift box and truthfully, I wasn’t exactly enchanted. But all the smileys and exclamation marks make me feel sure I’ve missed something!

I thought the specks were dregs the first few times I made this so I poured them out of the bottom of my cup thinking they would be bitter. Then I tasted them. Now I am sneaky and I time it so that I pour the last cup from the pot in MY cup, then I lick my finger and get all the little specks just for me! Heehee! :) I guess it is bits of vanilla bean or vanilla seeds!

Adding milk isn’t cheating! I love this one with milk. I usually steep 3 min at 195F. However, Waves carries H&S and I get this one to go often in the evenings, and I don’t know what the stats are for that.

I put milk in all my tea. My stomach demands it. You get to the point where you can taste the sublety of the teas through the milk because the milk is the constant. There are purists, but I’m a milkist…and proud of it! :)

I get the Decaf Vanilla Comoro at a nearby grocery store. It’s in teabags. I haven’t had any particular trouble – 212F, 2.5 min. I use Stevia with it, no milk. Lovely in the evening when you want a black tea ;-P

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This has got to be one of the most oft-reviewed teas ever, so all I’ll say is that I’m glad to have some back under my roof. First time I’ve tried it in sachet form; the tin smelled just like a cookie jar. Don’t get too cocky and leave the bag in indefinitely; there is a point where it starts getting snitty on you.

Thanks for the warning! I’ve been conserving my tin between it being the only decaffeinated black in the house and trying to use up other stock. I won’t hold off when I feel like it now (which should always been the way really!). :)

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Yum! Enjoying my first ever episode of BBC’s Sherlock (love it!) while mowing down on a grain-free cinnamon bun/whoopie pie, a cup of this tea, and a new knitting project. Gotta love holiday gifts, especially those that support my dietary needs! (Recipe is from the 30 Minute Wheat Belly book, which I received for Christmas).

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oh dear…. 18 hours of sick for 11 years of living…. not to bad an exchange, though still unfair. i wish i could say something more helpful than ’i’m sorry’. i’m sure he was lovely and will miss you too. XO

i think that’s probably a good balance? have a bit of a weep together? the beautiful thing abut pets is you can cry and leave strings of sneeze and they never judge…. it will be okay. it will take a bit, but it will. in the meantime… it will be sad. and i’m sorry for that =0(

Just seeing this and so sorry for your loss. I had my first cat, Bob-cat, for 15 years and when he died after a long illness, it was very hard. I still miss that wonderful guy. Hope you and your other kitty are doing okay.

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I don’t remember if I had the sachets of this tea before, but the loose leaf is definitely very, very different, and infinitely better. I only bought this because…..drumroll, please…..I HAVE A NEWTEACONVERT! And I needed this fast so I bought some at Target.

That’s right! Unfortunately, my mother-in-law took a real pearler, fell flat on her face, broke her nose, gashed her forehead, and tore a hole in her arm. We have therefore been spending a great deal of time at the hospital from four to seven hours a day. My pregnant niece was there, complaining about how tired she is of water. She has cut out coffee, has gestational diabetes and doesn’t want sugary drinks, and is limiting caffeine very strictly. I rubbed my hands together with glee, pulled up the stats on a caffeine levels in teas, recommended some decaf Harney selections I thought she might like, and put together a sampling for her. She placed her first order last night!

I am going to make an effort to drink more tea because sitting in a hospital room and then running here and there for urgent errands I have not been drinking ANYTHING and hospital air is dry. I was wondering why my knees and legs were hurting when I suddenly realized it was dehydration. Tomorrow I will take most of the day “off” and spend the day with a friend, drinking good tea and eating coconut creme pie.

I’ve wondered whether there was much difference between the loose leaf and sachets. What about the difference between regular and decaf? I’ve just had the decaf sachets and I have loved them. Should I break down and buy some loose leaf?